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This is reposted from the APC's media.issues conference.
Contact the poster for further information.

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From: acouey@igc.apc.org
Subject: Re: media/democracy conf?
Conf: media.issues
Date: 01 Feb 96 23:17 EST

here's an announcement about the Congress - I can post the program here
too, if it's useful to people.

-Anna


!!!CONFERENCE ALERT!!!

FIRST EVER MEDIA & DEMOCRACY CONGRESS TO BE HELD IN SAN FRANCISCO,
FEBRUARY 29-MARCH 3, 1996

Hundreds of journalists, producers, activists, students, and media
makers of all kinds are coming together for an unprecedented
national independent media conference.  The Media & Democracy
Congress is being coordinated by the San Francisco-based Institute
for Alternative Journalism and has been called to respond to the
recent tidal wave of media mergers and its implications for the
future of journalism.

"The runaway pace of media concentration is undermining our
country's democratic traditions," said Ben Bagdikian, former dean
of the UC Berkeley School of Journalism and the author of The Media
Monopoly.  "Quality journalism -which includes news that informs and
enlightens, a full range of political opinion and coverage of
ordinary Americans -is seriously endangered as media properties
merge, budgets are slashed, and independent news outlets fold."

Hundreds of journalists, editors, and producers are expected to
attend from across the U.S.  Featured speakers include:  Barbara
Ehrenreich (author), Jim Hightower (commentator), Denise Caruso
(New York Times columnist), Urvashi Vaid (author), Salim Muwakkil
(journalist), Ben Bagdikian, Farai Chideya (MTV News), Susan Faludi
(author), Frank Rich (New York Times columnist), Suzanne Pharr
(activist/writer), Juan Gonzalez (NY Daily News columnist), Robert
Bray (National Gay and Lesbian Task Force) and George Gerbner (Dean
Emeritus, Annenberg School of Communications).

The Congress main focus will be on strategizing ways to strengthen
independent media and build future collaborations.  Other highlights
include the consideration of an "information Bill of Rights,"
proposing ten basic principles of a more equitable, participatory,
and accountable media system, and an on site Training Institute and
Cyber Cafe to provide tools to foster independent news media.

For more information about the Congress, send email to:
congress@alternet.org, or call 415-284-1420.  All program and
registration information available on the World Wide Web:
http://www.alternet.org/an/Congress.html.

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